Lecture title - Hormone receptors - Cytosolic hormone receptors

3 important questions on Lecture title - Hormone receptors - Cytosolic hormone receptors

How do cytosolic hormone receptors work?

1. Hormone is transported bound to a plasma carrier protein
2. Hormone binds to cytoplasmic receptor
3. Hormone is translocated to nucleus and binds to DNA
4. Protein is synthesized
5. Hormone acts

What hormone uses cytosolic hormones?

Steroids

What is special about steroid receptors?

They have a hormone binding domain and a DNA binding domain that dimerizes only when hormone is bound

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